Taming a Sea-Horse

Taming a Sea-Horse
First edition
Author	Robert B. Parker
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Spenser
Genre	Detective fiction
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1986
Pages	320
ISBN	0-385-29461-1
Preceded by	A Catskill Eagle
Followed by	Pale Kings and Princes

Taming a Sea-Horse is the 13th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.

The title is from the Robert Browning poem "My Last Duchess." The book's epigraph is of the poem's closing lines: "Nay, we'll go / Together down, sir: / Notice Neptune, though, /Taming a sea-horse thought a rarity, / Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!"

The story follows Boston based PI Spenser as he searches for April Kyle, the prostitute he met in events described in the earlier novel Ceremony. Kyle's story continues in Hundred-Dollar Baby.

Recurring characters

Spenser
Hawk
Patricia Utley
Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D
April Kyle
Frank Belson
Tony Marcus

External links

Parker's page on the book

Novels by Robert B. Parker

Spenser novels

Novels	The Godwulf Manuscript (1973) God Save the Child (1974) Mortal Stakes (1975) Promised Land (1976) The Judas Goat (1978) Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980) Early Autumn (1981) A Savage Place (1981) Ceremony (1982) The Widening Gyre (1983) Valediction (1984) A Catskill Eagle (1985) Taming a Sea-Horse (1986) Pale Kings and Princes (1987) Crimson Joy (1988) Playmates (1989) Stardust (1990) Pastime (1991) Double Deuce (1992) Paper Doll (1993) Walking Shadow (1994) Thin Air (1995) Chance (1996) Small Vices (1997) Sudden Mischief (1998) Hush Money (1999) Hugger Mugger (2000) Potshot (2001) Widow's Walk (2002) Back Story (2003) Bad Business (2004) Cold Service (2005) School Days (2005) Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006) Now and Then (2006) Rough Weather (2008) Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel (2009) The Professional (2009) Painted Ladies (2010) Sixkill (2011)

Adaptations	Spenser: For Hire A Man Called Hawk TV Movies

Other

Wilderness (1979)
Love and Glory (1983)
Poodle Springs (1989)
Stardust (1990)
Perchance to Dream (1991)
All Our Yesterdays (1994)
Night Passage (1997)
Trouble in Paradise (1998)
Hush Money (1999)
Family Honor (1999)
Perish Twice (2000)
Gunman's Rhapsody (2001)
Death in Paradise (2001)
Shrink Rap (2002)
Stone Cold (2003)
Melancholy Baby (2004)
Double Play (2004)
Appaloosa (2005)
Blue Screen (2006)
Sea Change (2006)
Spare Change (2007)
Now and Then (2007)
Edenville Owls (2007)
High Profile (2007)
Stranger in Paradise (2008)
The Boxer and the Spy (2008)
Resolution (2008)
Brimstone (2009)
Night and Day (2009)
Split Image (2010)
Blue-Eyed Devil (2010)

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